First listen to Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (REACTION)
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I didn't hear the word "deaf" anywhere. Beethoven's hearing loss started about 12 years before he composed this piece.
I did not know that. That is absolutely mind blowing...
So amazing... "In his later years, when the deafness affected his ability to compose properly, Beethoven sawed the legs off his piano, and used the floor as a sounding board." From:
hearinghealthmatters.org/hearinginternational/2011/hearing-beethoven-part-ii-the-medical-conclusion/
Hey Daniel, Peter and the wolf, By Prokofiev, would be a nice break down of orchestral parts, and is a very nice little story. loved it since i was a little person of 3 years of age
En cuanto a tu comentario podría ser útil que veas la película Copying Beethoven, dirigida por Agnieszka Holland, estelarizada por Ed Harris como Beethoven. Realmente emocionante, y pensar que es solo una película. Lo que realmente sintió Beethoven, y el nivel de genio musical, para que casi completamente sordo. Y escuchando las vibraciones del piano, regalarnos algo como la Novena Sinfonía. La escena del estreno de la novena es increíble. Gracias por la información, no lo sabía. Bueno no sé porque me sorprende, eran genios, Mozart a los 5 o 6 años ya componía también. Muchos saludos a todos. Y que viva la buena música.
@@DiconDissectionalReactions He was complete deaf when he composed the 9th Symphony (you know for sure the Hymn to Joy). Complete deaf, and he made the most beatiful masterpiece.
Fun fact: Beethoven played a significant part in the development of the modern piano, by playing his pianos so hard he broke them, forcing instrument makers to come up with better materials and construction methods.
Beethoven's piano, still in a museum somewhere ... it has worn down keys.
beethovens 7th symphony 2nd movement is MIND BLOWING!
It's more than a bit on the sad side which contrasts sharply with the joyous 1st movement
I would assume no copyright blocks, he just turned 250 years old in December. 🎂 ☺
There's still a copyright on the recording, which is separate from the composition (which, of course, is too old to be in copyright).
Usually yes, but this isn't a recording of a pianist. It's a MIDI version. Quite realistic in places, but definitely fake.
@@sagnyc That brings up an interesting question: Is a MIDI copyrightable, and if so, is the playback of a copyrighted MIDI also covered under the same copyright?
The copyright expires 70 years after the composer's death, we should be ok
When the size of the CD’s was being decided, the decision was made by what the technology of the day could fit Beethoven
s 9th one disc.
I can't imagine what it's going to be like when you hear this the second and third time through I don't even remember the first time I heard it and it's just amazing because I look at you hearing the first time not knowing what's coming and and those of us who do know what's coming it's just remarkable I just don't recall not knowing this music.
Sonatas are like musical essays. You have a theme introduced (a statement), a second theme introduced (a counter statement or argument), then a conclusion.
that's sonata form, but that is only for the first movement
Thank you. You are the first reacter I've seen in over a hundred listens to actually listen to the original prior to getting to the Tina S. version. I predict you are going to be sitting there in slack-jawed amazement for a bit over 6 minutes when you do get to it.
Waiting with bated breath and practically tingling in anticipation. Please don't take too long.
Yes....! And you have to listen to the original. Then you hear how exactly Tina S plays the 3rd movement....! Its simply amazing!!!
As someone who loves both classical and metal, I approve of this comment. When you’ve really listened to both, you realize how they are similar in so many ways.
I played the first movement for a piano recital a while back. After listening I now remember how much I wanted to learn the third movement.
Everyone forgets the 2nd Movement.Thats very important one too.
@@richardmyers1506 It didn't meant to be amazing or something, its not important as the first and third one.
Most people have heard snippets of most famous classical pieces...since it is for the most part royalty free/public domain... and cartoons, movies, and TV commercials take advantage of that.....:) all old cartoons(Bugs bunny, road runner, any WB cartoons, and Disney cartoons of Mickey Mouse etc shorts) used classic pieces...as well as silent movies.....but it is still done today in modern movies, shows and cartoons.
I can play this. The woman I loved heard me playing it with full emotion, for her, and hugged me from behind. I froze in place. There was no more (piano) music that night.
The Moonlight was a brothel in Vienna which Beethoven used to visit - one of the girls who worked there was called Elise; she inspired Beethoven to write the 'Fur Elise'. He was a flawed man but he created great beauty, and there's a lesson in there.
He started going deaf at around 30 years old. 26 years before his death. He continued to write masterpieces. Genius!
RUclips reaction videos have done more to bring attention to the 3rd movement than 200 years of musical education.
prob. because you had no education!
More genuine and heartfelt interest - likely!
Sonata No. 8, "Pathetique" is my favorite. And Emperor Piano Concerto, and his 3rd Symphony, "Eroica" are also amazing. Für Elise is another great piano piece that you may find vaguely familiar. There's a movie starring Gary Oldman called "Immortal Beloved" that probably isn't too historically accurate, but it's entertaining and you'll learn a little more about the man.
How can I begin to tell you how thrilled I am that you have chosen this? 2020 was the 250th anniversary of his 'Baptism', (not his birth). There isn't a birth certificate for him that can be traced, but there is a document of when he was baptized as an infant. So happy Christening to him! And happy for us, that you have chosen this. Wow! Like Ode To Billy Jo, this makes me cry every time. Huge classical piano fan. If you'd like some ideas, just holler.
I think if he loved this. He will also love Pathetique. I always played it right after this, because it was on my album like that.
I also LOVE and highly recommend his 'Pathétique' Sonata (No.8 in C Minor, Op.13). It's every bit as beautiful and evocative as this one is. Epic and mind-blowing music for the ages...
Yep .. It's wonderful .. My favourite piano sonata of any composer.
That look of surprise at the 3rd Movement will never get old
Because everyone goes through that same feeling, and you feel it even through others when you watch them, that same shock
🇨🇦❤️If you enjoy classical music, I highly recommend watching the film Amadeus.
Or "A Clockwork Orange," lol.
"Amadeus" is still at the top of my favorites list. And I prefer the director's cut. It makes Constanze's story make so much more sense.
Probably the best movie ever about classical music.
It shows Mozart's fun and crazy side very well. A fun and informative movie.
Enjoy it for the music, just keep in mind that it's not historically accurate, and extremely unfair to the real Salieri.
Sorry, I just can't help myself...
Another impressive piece i urge you to inspect is George Gershwin's " Rhapsody in Blue " which he wrote as " a piece for piano and jazz orchestra ".
Many, many covers of it. I personally like Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops with Earl Wild at the piano.
Ah but do you listen to the original arrangement for piano and jazz band, or the arrangement for piano and symphony orchestra? Or I have also heard a version for two pianos?
I agree
Tied as my favorite symphonic piece, along with Stravinsky's The Firebird, especially the Fanfare/Finale of The Firebird.
@@cl4re4d4ms I should be partial to the piano solo version, as I memorized it when I was 16 years old. But Boston Pops/Earl Wild version still is my favorite.
When I was student at the Florida State University College of Music (voice as my instrument), the story I was taught is that although completely deaf at the time of the composition of his 9th Symphony, Beethoven himself conducted the premier. At the end of The Ode to Joy, the 4th movement of the 9th Symphony, Beethoven's hands fell in dejection, because he heard no audience reaction to his work.
I believe the Concert Master, the first chair of the violin section of the orchestra, saw the Maestro's dejection. Thinking quickly, he jumped up and turned Beethoven around to face the audience, who were on their feet giving a standing ovation with tears running down many of their faces.
Whether this story is true, or urban legend, I do not know. But it is what my Music History teacher taught us.
The first performance was conducted by Michael Umlauf in Vienna on May 7, 1824. Not by Beethoven.
This is played on the piano, one thing you listen for is how well the pianist brings out the melody line. The melody is mostly played with the little finger, the pianist needs a good, strong attack on the key to emphasize the melody. So one of the pleasures of listening to classical music is listening to different artists and comparing how well they consistently bring out the melody line. Some artists will play the song just slightly fast than this, notice that the pianist here is playing a bit faster after the middle. Remember, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and others were the top "rock stars" of their day. Ladies, in all of those layers of clothing, would faint during performances and have to be carried out to the fresh air! My band teacher told us that when Beethoven was lying in bed dying, there was a thunderstorm. Beethoven sat up and shook his fist at the heavens, then fell back dead. Well, I think it's possible he made that up, but it's a good story about a passionate composer.
This particular performance, though, was not played on a piano, but rather on a sampled keyboard, and some people think may not even have been played at all, but rather programmed.
@@matthewv789 Do you mean that this rendition was played by a pianist on a keyboard, not a piano? Is it possible to program the playing of a piece on piano without ever playing it, on either piano or keyboard? I can't imagine it. If it is possible, I think the performance would be more homogeneous (I don't know if that is the right word) than this rendition, there are numerous variations in the intensity with which the pianist strikes the melody line keys. I've not had the chance to play a keyboard myself, but it seems to me that the entire piece would have to be recorded from a live performance and programmed into the keyboard. And I'm not sure why anyone would go to all that trouble. Finally, this performance is far from the best I have ever heard.
@@christinerobinson9372 It is definitely not a real piano, that is certain. (Most apparent in the 3rd movement.) My first assumption was that it was a competent, but hardly inspired, amateur pianist playing their digital keyboard.
As for being programmed, yes, it is very possible, and I increasingly agree with others that it most likely is programmed and not performed live. It starts with simply translating the musical notation into MIDI. MIDI data for common works is easily available for free all over the internet. It doesn't require anyone playing anything to get a "perfect" rendition of all the notes as a starting point. It is then also not difficult to add little slowdowns and speedups and changes of volume to MIDI data to make it seem more like a real performance. Lots and lots of "orchestral" music for TV shows, video games, and even movies is actually just programmed by the composer and the data is played back using samplers, along with a lot of tweaks and nuances to try to make it sound realistic. It can be a lot of work, but far less work than learning to play the instruments that well, and often far cheaper than hiring a live orchestra.
And there is an answer as to why: an interested amateur who is incapable of actually playing the piece live might want to create a perfect rendition that reflects his or her musical tastes and interpretive choices (or simply as a personal challenge to see how good it can be made to sound). And that such a rendition might sound technically impressive enough as to fool a lot of people into being impressed by how perfectly it is "played."
@@matthewv789 I am both impressed and appalled!
@@christinerobinson9372 The surprise isn’t that someone made such a recording (lots of people do), but rather that that particular video got 160 million views, and counting...
I was born in 1953 which makes me 68, 69 next March. I really do consider myself very lucky in that I was exposed to ALL genres of music by the time I was 12-13!! Back in the late 50's early 60's all we had was the radio, and the radio was somewhat limited as to what was broadcast. Radio didn't focus on the young or the old, the man in the street or the intelligencia, we had EVERYTHING thrown at us. My mum ALWAYS had the radio on, so one minute it would be Chopin, then Sinatra, then the Beatles, then Glenn Miller, then Beethoven, then the Goon show (a comedy show), then Opera, then Country and Western, then Ella Fitzgerald it was a magical cornucopia of mental stimulation that for a lad under 13 years old, whetted my appetite for Rock, Pop, Classical, Comedy, Jazz, Big Band Swing Jazz. My mind was a blank canvas so I, with absolutely no effort I was exposed to so much! Sadly today the radio is so focused on one genre, one age group kids grow up musically anorexic!! Sad but true!!!
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I am forever in absolute bliss (& awe) when my wife plays this piece! It is the definition of brilliant masterpiece (really most Beethoven is!) The build-up, the complexity, the speed (3rd movement). 1st, 2nd, 3rd movement, essential listening for any human on this planet!
Great reaction my man!
I have been listening to classical music for the most part of my life, and my reactions to this piece today are still the same as yours - cheers to you, brother!!
Love the way the pictures flow. Your face throughout was perfect.
Fantastic!!!
You impress me more every day by your willingness to listen to new things. Good musicians can appreciate just about any type of music.
One of the great bonuses of reacting to classical music is not getting copyright strikes.
That's one my favorite pieces of music. So evocative. And it's incredible that Beethoven eventually became totally deaf, but still wrote some of the most beautiful music ever heard.
It's a pleasure to watch you respond to a classic such as this. Please keep doing more classical pieces. They've last for centuries for a reason.
Just amazing. I can’t even conceive how these geniuses wrote these masterpieces.
Really enjoyed this as I haven’t heard it in a long while. Makes me think of my mom, she used to play it. The 1st & 2nd only though.
Thank you, Sir.
That was refreshing.
Very good volume of your voice enphasizing the music. Haven't heard anybody else do it like that.
Also, the bass from the audio was so powerful and deep. Great, great, great.
Welcome to a larger universe!
this guy took "moving to the music" to a whole other level
I put this and Debussey Claire de lune on repeat when I can’t sleep.
Ha.
I wouldnt be able sleep at all.
Love them so much.
Oh, Daniel. Get into orchestral stuff. The prog rock and metal you love derives so much from Romantic (that's an era) classical music. I would HIGHLY recommend The Planets Suite by Holst, although it's more akin to an album than a single 'song'. I really want to hear your response to Mars.
Such a moody piece. Have you listened to "Toccata and Fugue in D minor", by Bach yet? You might enjoy that too.
You've heard it before, I'm sure.
@Douglas Leinbach, more than once. It's always a pleasure.
Should do that one by E Power Biggs. That version is awesome!
This is the composition of choice for mad scientists in lonely castles in old black & white horror movies. Traditionally played on pipe organ, it has also been rendered by full orchestra, as in Disney's Fantasia, and on a variety of solo instruments such as Chapman Stick (by Robert Culbertson), and Accordion (by Sergei Teleshev). Either are well worth a reaction vid, IMO.
The "Dadadadaaaaa" you say, is the 5th Symphonie. This sound is the letter "V" in morse code, the allies using it for say "Victory" on WWII.
I was a Morse code intercept in the Army. V was used often when operators were telling the receiver they were on the air. Drove me nuts.
Beethoven Created Rock- 5th Symphony the Conception, 7th Symphony the Gestation, 9th Symphony the Glorious Birth!
Beethoven's masterpiece. There can be, and are, whole classes taught on this piece. Period.
The following is technical: The interplay between major/minor and modal music is amazing in this composition.
Non-technical - While in high school some 43 years ago, I somehow made it to the state choir of Texas, and we did a Beethoven piece as the final piece featuring the state orchestra as well, "Mass in C Major". I don't think I ever rehearsed so much, but old Ludwig could make beautiful music! If you do more classical, try Vivaldi (but if you do "Four Seasons", I recommend one at a time.) Also Bach. Or if you are feeling the need to be amused, PDQ Bach. Generally, only people of a certain age will be acquainted with the last one.
Vivaldi's Four Seasons is a great suggestion - but make it BEFORE PDQ Bach's Four Seasonings!
@@joemercury100 Please, kind sir, that portrait I see . . . OK, I'm shutting up NOW!
Ok with Gerald Hoffnung? He did some funny classical parodies too.
@@kendavis8046 My bonnie lass she smelleth, making the flowers jealouth
I've heard he was in love when he wrote this song, but I think it was a one sided love. Hence the song is expressing emotions of longing and heartbreak.
Awe so nice! Glad to see you expand your field of musical knowledge
The name Moonlight Sonata was not an official title. It’s like a nickname.
Also, listening to Classical Music raises your vibration. ✨⬆️
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First! yes let’s get some Ludwig on!!
Ludwig the ultimate OG!! Hell yeah!
This reaction reminded me that I need to get some of my classical CDs out & enjoy them again. Thank you, Daniel. :)
Daniel... You *must* watch the movie, "Immortal Beloved."
It's his life story and puts the music into such deep perspective.
It's one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. 💜💫✌🏼🎵
The soundtrack is a great introduction to Beethoven, arranged/conducted by the great Sir Georg Solti. A few pieces are truncated (9th Symphony) but in a tasteful way. “Emperor” is exquisite.
PS. Gary Oldman is a legend.
@@vinsgraphics *YES.*
One of the greatest classical componists.....! B.T.W.: Great and serious reaction!
Finally, the great, classical music has arrived!
Classical music usually comes in movements. Where a theme is introduced and developed to its conclusion
Daniel well done reacting to classical music. You mentioned a young girl guitarist (likely Tina S) who plays Moonlight Sonata and I look forward to hearing her perform. I recently learned of a 19 year old who goes by the name Marcin (his last name) who also plays this piece on an acoustic guitar and it is by far the most impressive performance I have ever seen played on that instrument. The problem is, Marcin's videos get blocked. I certainly hope classical music lovers are fully aware of our modern day classical composer, Alma Deutscher who is from England and will turn 16 years old this year. Alma completed her first full opera, Cinderella, at age 11. She is also a master on piano and violin. I especially lover her Siren Sounds Waltz which was performed as part of a 2 hour concert of her compositions at Carnegie Hall in December 2019.
Been following Alma since she was a little girl.
That was fun to watch. Now, consider that this has 160 million views, and that is just one recording of it. There have been so many decades of making recordings of this song. So many times it was played at concerts and recitals (and auditions?)
This has been used in many movies, Love Beethoven!
Beautiful, intense...so many emotions in this sonata.
Beethoven was a classical compositor of genius.❤❤❤
Thanks to you to have reacted of one of them compositions it s great.
The piece you were referring to in the beginning is Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, which is also great!
Your historical context is absolutely correct.
His 3rd Symphony (which a survey by the BBC of 150 of the world's best conductors was their most favourite symphony to conduct) was originally dedicated to Bonaparte. However, when Bonaparte had himself crowned as Emperor, Beethoven scratched out Bonaparte's name from the score.
Since then, the 3rd Symphony (which changed everything in western music) has been known as the Eroica (heroic) symphony.
Joseph Haydn, the "father of the symphony" (he composed 104 of them), who attended the first rehearsal of the 3rd Symphony said: " He has done what no other composer has done. He has placed himself at the centre of the music. The artist as hero. What happens next, I do not know, but after this everything changes."
This is probably Beethoven’s most well known Sonata by the general public. If you’d like to hear another of his fairly well known sonatas I’d recommend the 8th Sonata, Opus 13, called The Pathetique. Tremendous piece of music and the second movement is very beautiful, similar, imho, to the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata. I’d recommend watching a live performance. Daniel Barenboim’s performance is one I especially enjoy.
I love classical music, but don’t limit myself to just that. Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, etc. all have something to say to me. But, in classical style music, Beethoven is my absolute favorite, but there’s so much more to explore.
In your opening reaction at the end you mentioned the French Revolution. Beethoven was very much behind the movement for democracy. He originally dedicated his 3rd Symphony to Napoleon, but angrily tore the first page up when Napoleon declared himself emperor. He changed the name then to Sinfonia Eroica. Full name, translated from Italian, was “Heroic Symphony, composed to celebrate the memory of a great man”. This was one of his first works that began to break the mold of the Classical Period and moved to what became known as The Romantic Period. Whether you react to it or not it’s well worth a listen on your own time. It really highlights Beethoven’s genius in changing the style of classical music.
I would add the Waldstein, as played by Annie Fischer.
Thank you. Been a long while since. I've heard this. They don't call it classical for nothing!!! I love Chopin ,too. Marilyn M
You would like Bach's cello concertos no six, and Chopin's Nocturne. very popular and in a lot of our cartoons, sesame street and commercial culture.
Appreciate previous work. Glad you're getting into classical. I did likewise at 16. A wealth of musical wonders awaits. Enjoy. (I'm half Spanish; I feel "Asturias" in my bones)
It's fascinating that you picked up on a revolutionary vibe, given the time Beethoven was composing. He admired Napoleon a great deal for a while. Not just that, but Beethoven's middle period is commonly known as his, 'heroic middle period'.
It's remarkable that that's the impression you intuited from the music, and even more remarkable that Beethoven conveyed that undertone so effectively.
I like your story. All Beethoven's music is quite dramatic--when I taught music to college non-music majors I used to have them make up a dramatic plot to Beethovdn't 4th piano concerto. BTW, Beethoven was breaking tradition by starting a sonata with a slow movement. Traditionally classical piano sonatas were Fast, Slow (or moderate), Fast. He broke a lot of traditions, thus allowing the following generation (usually called the "Romantic" Composers, i.e. Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, etc) to further push the boundaries of formal and tonal musical structures. Beethoven's reputation loomed so large that he was sometimes referred to as "The Titan."
This guy transmits a very good vibe
I'm so enjoying watching this! I took piano lessons when I was in HS (ages and ages ago), but had a teacher who didn't force me to learn how to play classical music (I was more interested in Beatles, Carole King, etc.), but the first movement is one of the few classical pieces I'd heard and learned how to play (pretty difficult in spite of the slow, flowing tempo). The funny thing is, until a couple of weeks ago, I'd never heard the 2nd or 3rd movements! That 3rd movement blows me away, especially since while I still play quite a bit, it's so beyond my abilities. But that doesn't mean I can't listen and appreciate it. Glad you did as well!
Thank you for this, Daniel... I am a casual fanatic (if there is such a thing) for classical music and film scores, and yet for some reason I've never in my 59 years sat and listened to all three movements of this piece. My dad used to play the first movement for me on the piano, so I was very familiar with it - but I've never heard the rest, including the stunning third movement. For classical recommendations, I would suggest Prokofiev's Piano Concerto #3 with some amazing keyboard work, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings for some amazing emotional impact, and Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor for sheer musical genius. Your videos are great!
I know we're not voting on your hair, but the side part is vastly superior to the center part.
Seconded
Not my business but side part is very flattering.
I’m just glad to see some hair LENGTH!!!
I'm still not sure who is performing this. Sounds good, but the first movement sounded a bit heavy handed. Still nice to see you review it!
I thought so, too.
Understatement:-) This is no Martha Argerich indeed, and not just the first movement. It’s about the pleasure it brings though, so...
It's MIDI. It's fake. Which explains why no pianist is credited.
It’s played on a sampled keyboard, and some people believe it is programmed with midi, not played live. (I could believe either.) But you’re right it’s a rather leaden performance.
Imagine writing this when your almost totally deaf....... Genius
math skills
I always visualize a pair of lover performing ballet to this first movement. It gradually gets darker and slower as she is dying, yeah I know, a bit like Swan Lake. But here, he is adamant not to let her go, until finally, he has to surrender as she has. I can feel his grief in the bass notes at the end.
A joy to listen to.
My soul soars...
Beautiful haunting melody. Just enough to keep you on your edge, as if you’re feeling something bad is about to happen but not so much that it scares you. This would be a great horror movie track!
There's a song by the german prog group Birth Control that used part of the 3rd movement at the end of their 11 minute song "Let Us Do It Now"
Thanks Daniel
I bought an album with this, when I was 21. And got stuck in my ways. If someone doesn't play it just like that pianist, I am not satisfied.
Pathetique is always next for me, as the album was like that. Big chunks of it sound like the rhythm of a sometimes-passionate discussion between two people. Going back and forth, making their points. Sometime when you hear the third movement here again, see if you can hear it that way, too. I loved that album on a rainy night. Lights out. Door and windows open.
The Pianist (awesome movie)
For some reason I had a fantasy as I watched you enjoy this. Imagine you had been Beethoven's piano teacher and then one day he came in said "Hey I just composed this. Wanna hear it???" LOL
The most similar piece Beethoven has to this is the pathetique sonata. 3 movements and highly approachable. The appassionata sonata is also similar but a little more difficult to approach as a newbie. I would also recommend Beethoven’s piano concertos 3-5, very approachable but also incredible. If you want to be taken to a different world entirely from anything you’ve ever listened to before, set aside 40 minutes and listen to the Hammerklavier sonata. It will be challenging for you, but it will take you places and in years to come you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it
thank you so much. My mom had second thoughts about giving me her electric organ before she moved into assisted living. (afraid I would let it just sit in my living room.). She had played organ at her country church and Dad got her the organ for practicing. Mom had also encouraged my keyboard studies when I was young and I was pretty good for not being too motivated. My teacher used to joke that I was her best student at prepping that week's assignment the night before. She had met her husband, a full blooded Oneida Native American in Berlin, where she attended the music conservatory and he a theological school. They experienced the rise of Hitler and, disturbed by his race rhetoric, left while they could. She had interesting stories about the past as you can presume.
If the great Composer of the day, had the technology we have today, could you imagine how fantastic the music would be, given they produced incredible stuff like this back then. ???
Absolutely listen to the 5th symphony (the dadadada one). It is called the Emperor, and when you hear it you can actually see the whole story.
You have just tapped the well from which most great musicians found inspiration.
It's sounds a little complex but actually it's so easy it unbelievable
3rd movement sounds like the perfect vehicle for an electric guitar! Maybe some up and coming child, maybe a 17 year old girl, WHAT AM I THINKING! That is just impossible! Isn't it?
I love this Sonata.
That keyboard solo at the end...ok I know it's all solo keyboard, but if Rick Wakeman did that in the middle of a gig our jaws would be on the floor.
True, though it’s a pretty routine piece for most serious high-school age piano students, and quite a few talented middle or elementary school aged students.
There's a song in the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" in which Schroeder plays the 1st movement of the Moonlight sonata while Lucy sings slightly off key and loud. If done well, it is quite hilarious. After complimenting Schroeder's piano playing skills, Lucy sings, "It's always been my dream to marry a man who plays the piano." Then, she suggests he play something else. But, Schroeder will not be distracted which frustrates and infuriates Lucy. I played Charlie Brown in my high school production and also can play this sonata. Every time I hear or play the first movement now, I can't help but hear Lucy screeching over Beethoven's lament.
Great stuff Daniel - love the diversification into the classical genre. A short amusing story for you: The famous British conductor and wit from the 1950's and 1960's called Sir Thomas Beecham (his father was famous for the headache pills called Beecham's Pills) was not a great fan of Beethoven's music and once remarked (and I quote) 'The problem with Beethoven's music is that it was written by a deaf person ............ and in my opionion should only be LISTENED to by a deaf person'.
The whole piece is beyond words. :)
So glad you have dipped your toe into "classical" music. It may be true that a few of it's fans act a bit snobbish - but the music is there to be enjoyed by anyone. Much of it can be a bit too delicate and sweet for these over-stimulated times. After the first world war, people changed and the music became harsher.
If you want Beethoven symphonies, you sort of have to work your way up to #9. (Some say the best music ever written!) Love your work, Dan.
If you haven't seen the movie about him please check it out. Immortal Beloved. Gary Oldham at his best.
If you want to broaden your musical horizon, might I suggest "Rhapsody in Blue" ( either played by George Gershwin - the composer - or by The Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler. Don't go for the "Fantasia II" version as it is edited to fit a time slot (it's not a bad version, I just feel like it cheats you out of some of what Gershwin was saying with the music).
The music that you sang and said you didn’t know the name of was the beginning of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Same piece played by arguably the greatest pianist of the 20th Century, Vladimir Horowitz. Also, check out his Mozart. Moonlight Sonata: ruclips.net/video/jjhC80M4ScE/видео.html -- Video of Horowitz recording Mozart Piano Concerto #23 when Horowitz was 84-85 years old; he died about 2 or 3 years later. Simply amazing for anyone, let alone an old man. ==> ruclips.net/video/Qll0vK3uTHA/видео.html
Check out some works by Eric Carmen in 1976 where he took some Sergei Rachmaninoff themes and added some lyrics to make some memorable music. Lots of classical music has been “popularized” over the years. I hope you get to experience it for yourself.
Another classical piece i suggest you hear is my personal favorite - J.S. Bach's " Toccata and Fugue in D minor " ( orchestral version ). Bach wrote this piece for organ. Eugene Ormandy scored it for full orchestra and it is this version which I recommend. An incredibly powerful piece of music. Heres a link:
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Oh yes. There is also a great version of the Toccata and Fugue from Jaques Loussier and his band (it's piano + percussion + bass), I would totally recommend that as well... ruclips.net/video/4xng_QbhHGY/видео.html
La companella piano solo playing lived by Valentina Lisitsa
I'd suggest "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Rachmaninoff for your next Classical Reaction.
This composition was Ayn Rand's inspiration for Richard Halley in Atlas Shrugged. Of course, Atlas Shrugged inspired Rush, so it comes full circle.
The 30 minute video for this piece is on HBOMax = It's Season 1, Episode 2 of Inside No 9 - A Quiet Night In. As a bonus, you'll get to hear "Without You" from Harry Nilsson, which is an incredible song as well.
Excellent reaction! I've seen a couple of other young music reactors react to this very piece and it just astounds me that young people today know so little about classical music - I'm in my mid 50s and in my school days classical music (particularly) was in the curriculum from, I'd guess, age 8 to 14, and more if you kept on studying music. Not a criticism of young people (though perhaps of modern education), just surprised. Classical music and its study is so useful for music theory and understanding all forms music.